All I've earned either has gone back into land, into the bank, or into books, very plain food, and such clothing as you now see me wearing.

Just the value of this place as it stands, with its big trees, its drug crops yielding all the year round, would be difficult to estimate; and I don't mind telling you that on the top of that hill there is a gold mine, and it's mine----ours since four o'clock." "A gold mine!" "Acres and acres of wild ginseng, seven years of age and ready to harvest.

Do you remember what your few pounds brought ?" "Why it's worth thousands!" "Exactly! For your peace of mind I might add that all I have done or got is paid for, except what I bought to-day, and I will write a check for that as soon as the bill is made out.

My bank account never will feel it Truly, Ruth, I am not doing or going to do anything extravagant.

I can't afford to give you diamond necklaces, yachts, and trips to Europe; but you can have the contents of this box and a motor boat on the lake, a horse and carriage, and a trip----say to New York perfectly well.